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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1645",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Wilful or careless neglect of duty, including—\n(a) disobedience to lawful orders;\n(b) contravention of regulation 5 of, or Schedule 1 to, the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976;\n(c) absence from duty, or being late for duty;\n(d) failure to attend promptly and diligently to anything which is his duty;\n(e) failure to stay at place of duty or to work beat in accordance with others without sufficient cause;\n(f) permitting a prisoner to escape;\n(g) failure to report the whereabouts of an offender, when known, or to make due exertions to bring him to justice;\n(h) failure to report any matter which it is his duty to report, including any evidence for or against any prisoners; and\n(i) failure to make any necessary entry in any official document.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/1073; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/111, 1990/469, 1993/3081 and 1995/596."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1645/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:37.900226+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}